Naming practices and the acquisition of key biological concepts: Evidence from English and Indonesian: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Anggoro, Florencia K ^a,b   Waxman, Sandra R ^a   Medin, Douglas L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; NAMES; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849121570     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02086.x     Document Type: Article

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